https://thethepoetry.com/2011/04/notes-on-reading-david-foster-wallaces-short-story-john-billy/ Where was it one first heard of the truth? Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://thethepoetry.com/2011/04/notes-on-reading-david-foster-wallaces-short-story-john-billy/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 07:36:00 +0000 https://thethepoetry.com/?p=4244#comment-1940 Thank you for the insights I don’t agree that DFW is being condescending to his narrator character however, to me, although the man is clearly not middle class, he has a gift for language and is intelligent if poorly educated fully aware of his inventions such as “interjaculated”. This story needs to be read out loud in an an Oklahoma accent to fully understand its extraordinary poetic comedy.

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